Posts Tagged ‘Nursery’
November 26, 2020 Proper Watering, Jean-Jacques de Mairan, George Ellwanger, Washington Atlee Burpee, Sarah Addison Allen, John Evelyn, Aileen Fisher, Wall Art Made Easy by Barbara Ann Kirby and Ruth Myrtle Patrick
Today we celebrate the man who proved plants have a circadian rhythm. We’ll also learn about the nurseryman who helped establish Rochester, New York, as a “City in a Forest.” We’ll remember the pioneer seedsman who started the largest mail-order seed company in the world. We celebrate Thanksgiving with some verses about this time of…
Read MoreNovember 9, 2020 Josiah Hoopes, Dmitry Ivanovsky, Alfred Austin, Dylan Thomas, Urban Garden Design by Kate Gould, and Carl Sagan
Today we celebrate a forgotten West Chester nurseryman and entrepreneur who pioneered the mail-order plant business. We’ll also learn about the Russian botanist who made a startling discovery from the sap of diseased tobacco plants. We salute the Welsh poet and writer who died on this day in 1953 after drinking 18 straight martinis. We…
Read MoreNavyman’s Nursery is Restored Through the Kindness of Fellow Nurserymen
“Unannounced, they appeared at the Hallicy home with $2,500 worth of small trees in 15 trucks. With tractor, plow, and spades, they cleared the 4-acre plot and set out the trees. In a few hours, the Hallicy Nursery was right smack back in business.” October 1, 1945 On this day, The Morning Call out of…
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